Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 14, 2018 6:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
13.0 mile(s)
Comments: Led BBC walk. Overcast, 58 degrees to start. Kind of quiet.
68 species
Brant 23 Beach from lot 1
Canada Goose 7 BFP
Gadwall 2
Mallard 1
Common Eider 1 Sandy Pt.
Black Scoter 34 From lot1
Long-tailed Duck 2 From lot1
Wild Turkey 2
Red-necked Grebe 1 From lot1
Double-crested Cormorant 11
Great Egret 9
Snowy Egret 3
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1 Cross Farm Hill.
Black-bellied Plover 14 Sandy Pt.
Semipalmated Plover 3 Sandy Pt.
Piping Plover 5 Sandy Py. and from lot 1
Killdeer 8
Ruddy Turnstone 1 Sandy Pt.
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Sandy Pt.
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Willet 16
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 7
Common Tern 9
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Marsh Wren 2
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 15
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 4
Common Yellowthroat 9
American Redstart 4
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 16
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 16
Northern Cardinal 2
Bobolink 11 Wardens Field and Cross Farm Hill.
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 6
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 7
Purple Finch (Eastern) 4
American Goldfinch 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45939706
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